Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.
ALAN PARDEWWe struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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You are bound to want a player at some stage who is represented by this guy and you will have to try to work around the personality of the agent.
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These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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It’s important that top clubs don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the English Premier League and English players should be involved.
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When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things.
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I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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Finishing fifth in the Premier League with a great team was a fine effort and we also got to the quarterfinals of the Europa League and nearly got past a Benfica side that went to the final.
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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So we eradicate the ‘dementors’, encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here.
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I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now.
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I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.
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The one thing I hate about other managers is waffle that is nowhere near the truth. I would never conduct myself like that.
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